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...overweight or obese, we published a 32-page special report on the problem. Also, TIME president Eileen Naughton, along with sciences editor Philip Elmer-DeWitt, organized a conference in Williamsburg, Va., to address the issue. Co-sponsored by ABC News and supported by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the summit called together 400 leaders in the medical, corporate and public-policy fields to unravel how Americans got themselves into such a fix and how to get out of it. Last week the American Diabetes Association named Naughton, along with childhood nutritionist Christina Economos and professor of nutrition Miriam Nelson...
...every Japanese politician spoke so intransigently last week. In a statement during a summit of African and Asian leaders in Indonesia, Koizumi expressed "feelings of deep remorse and heartfelt apology" for the "tremendous damage and suffering" that Japan inflicted on Asian nations during its period of colonial rule and aggression?a clear attempt to mend fences with China. The next day, he and Chinese President Hu Jintao met for 55 minutes on the sidelines of the conference. Hu urged Japan to "seriously reflect" on its wartime history and back up a government apology with action. Koizumi called it a "frank...
...past, Japan, through its colonial rule and aggression, caused tremendous damage and suffering." JUNICHIRO KOIZUMI, Japanese Prime Minister, expressing "deep remorse and heartfelt apology" for Japan's actions in World War II at a summit of Asian and African leaders in Jakarta...
Over 200 students filled a Science Center lecture hall Saturday to listen to AIDS activist Jonathan Perry give his personal life story as the keynote speech of the first Unite Against AIDS summit...
...organizers of the conference, who have now made Unite Against Aids into a permanent organization, hope to continue the energy generated by the conference. The summit will likely happen again in two years, Heilbronner said...